“The good hand of God favored our beginnings,” Bradford mused, by “sweeping away great multitudes of the natives … that he might make room for us.”
What is most likely inferred regarding Bradford's beliefs about European colonization?
He was grateful to the Native Americans for peacefully giving up their lands.
He was grateful to the Native Americans for peacefully giving up their lands.
He believed it was the divine duty of the European colonists to populate the Americas.
He believed it was the divine duty of the European colonists to populate the Americas.
He believed the colonists were lucky to have encountered such peaceful Native Americans.
He believed the colonists were lucky to have encountered such peaceful Native Americans.
He was grateful that the Native Americans allowed the colonists to cohabit the land.
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The most likely inference regarding Bradford's beliefs about European colonization is:
He believed it was the divine duty of the European colonists to populate the Americas.
This interpretation aligns with the notion that Bradford saw the sweeping away of Native populations as part of a divine plan that made room for the colonists, suggesting a belief in a providential justification for their settlement and actions in the New World.
